The question is how will Salazar respond? Will he respond at all?
The off-roaders are calling this a protest of sorts, even though there will be massive damage done to this area.
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Off-roaders set to purposely ride through wilderness study area
Saturday, May 9th, 2009Breaking: BLM defies congress, issues Grand Canyon Uranium exploration
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Uh….Mr. President, time to get control of your guys over at the BLM……
Study: Grazing threatens wildlife habitat in the west
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009The study used satellite mapping as a key component in the determination.
New Mexico: Federal court tosses plan to drill in wilderness
Thursday, April 30th, 2009More clutter form the Bush admin being cleaned up.
New Mexico: Bingaman introduces wilderness bill
Monday, April 27th, 2009214,00 acres of the 236,000 acres in the bill would be designated as a National Conservation Area.
PEER: Park Service protests big solar expansion in Nevada desert
Friday, April 24th, 2009Picked this up from my email inbox from PEER:
For Immediate Release: Monday, April 20, 2009
Contact: Luke Eshleman (202) 265-7337
Park Service Protests Big Solar Expansion in Nevada Desert
National Parks Will Suffer from Water Withdrawals, Pollution and Habitat Loss
Washington, DC — The National Park Service is sounding an alarm about plans for scores of big solar power plants in Southern Nevada, according to an inter-agency memo posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). NPS predicts harm to national parks in the region due to water scarcity, habitat disturbance, air pollution, sound pollution and light pollution lightening night skies.
Hikers, wilderness groups should re-think mountain biking
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009Another interesting piece by Bill Schneider. I’m not sure where I stand on this. Wilderness specifically forbids use of mechanized transport. That said, mountain bikes certainly have a place on our public land such as national forests.
Major lawsuit by the Western Watersheds Project over sage grouse
Sunday, April 12th, 2009This really covers a gigantic area of the west. Ralph Maughan has the writeup on this over at his blog.
Cleaning up Bush’s mess on public land
Saturday, April 4th, 2009It’s a big, big mess. Are Salazar and Obama up to the task?
Utah: Senator Bennet seeks to block David Hayes from Interior deputy secretary
Thursday, March 19th, 2009Senator Bennett is not happy about the oil lease cancellations by the Obama admin.
